Pro-Israel supporters harassed a student encampment at Monash overnight while a Jewish rally confronted the University of Melbourne’s pro-Palestine camp on Thursday.
A narrow moat in the heart of the University of Melbourne became the scene of an uneasy stand-off between its pro-Palestine student encampment and Jewish groups on Thursday.
On Thursday, the Victorian Greens demanded universities and police step up security for the camps to ensure protester safety, but Opposition Leader Peter Dutton called university chancellors and vice-chancellors “weak” for tolerating the encampments, which he branded as antisemitic., leading to ugly clashes, Australian campuses are largely leaving protesters alone, but warning that any violence, racism, or property damage will not be tolerated.
Sophie Schwartz was just out of high school on a gap year in Israel when she spent three terrifying days in a lockdown. Now a first-year arts student at the University of Melbourne, she told the crowd she’d felt very uncomfortable earlier this year when her lecturer expressed support in class for students leaving early to attend a pro-Palestine protest.
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